Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	church_n	doctrine_n	teach_v	6,712	5	6.4919	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56215	The sword of Christian magistracy supported, or, A vindication of the Christian magistrates authority under the Gospell, to punish idolatry, apostacy, heresie, blasphemy, and obstinate schism, with corporall, and in some cases with capitall punishments ... by William Prinne of Lincolns Inne, Esquire.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1653 (1653)	Wing P4099; ESTC R15969	222,705	186

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ambo_fw-la sanati_fw-la gratulantur_fw-la finis_fw-la errata_fw-la gentle_a reader_n i_o shall_v entreat_v thou_o to_o pardon_n and_o correct_v these_o error_n of_o the_o printer_n pag._n 2._o 14._o l._n read_v thought_n p._n 15._o l._n 27._o ●_o concitare_fw-la p._n 25._o l._n 1._o r._n he_o command_v p._n 32._o l._n 3._o rome_n r._n reu_fw-fr p._n 65._o l._n 9_o town_n r._n turn_v p._n 70._o l._n 28._o a._n contemtuous_a p._n 72._o l._n 15._o curiae_fw-la p._n 79._o l._n 2._o argue_v p._n 81._o l._n 28._o but_o p._n 84._o l._n 18._o i_o r._n we_o p._n 87._o l._n 18._o deal_n in_o p._n 106._o l._n 21._o exorbitant_a p._n 124_o l._n 15._o time_n p._n 125._o l._n 33._o vivendi_fw-la p._n 126._o l._n 26._o abjecerit_fw-la l._n 42._o dominus_fw-la p._n 127._o l._n 18_o propter_fw-la l._n 19_o caelorum_fw-la p._n l._n 27._o ca._n lumniosi_fw-it l._n 35._o dilectione_n p._n 128_o l._n 7._o humano_fw-la p._n 129._o l._n 19_o affligendum_fw-la l._n 25._o privatae_fw-la l._n 26_o que_fw-fr 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heretic_n schismatic_a seducer_n idolater_n and_o blasphemer_n though_o outward_a mischief_n sedition_n tumult_n 630._o which_o they_o cause_v may_v ensue_v thereupon_o master_n dell_n i_o hope_v never_o preach_v this_o doctrine_n either_o to_o our_o victorious_a general_n or_o the_o army_n that_o the_o take_v up_o arm_n against_o the_o king_n and_o his_o malignant_a force_n in_o defence_n of_o our_o parliament_n religion_n law_n liberty_n will_v cause_v very_o great_a disturbance_n tumult_n murder_n and_o distraction_n in_o the_o kingdom_n far_o more_o far_o great_a than_o the_o suppression_n of_o obstinate_a heretic_n or_o schismatic_n ergo_fw-la it_o be_v utter_o unlawful_a for_o they_o to_o take_v up_o arm_n or_o fight_v or_o draw_v blood_n in_o this_o cause_n as_o etc._n doctor_n ferne_n and_o other_o royalist_n argue_v from_o this_o very_a ground_n if_o he_o have_v preach_v any_o such_o doctrine_n to_o they_o no_o doubt_n they_o will_v have_v cashier_v &_o sequester_v he_o longere_fw-la this_o for_o such_o malignant_a divinity_n

opinion_n be_v all_o pointblank_o against_o he_o assert_v the_o magistrate_n legislative_a coercive_a and_o punitative_a power_n in_o case_n of_o heresy_n schism_n seduction_n blasphemy_n and_o all_o kind_n of_o open_a sin_n against_o god_n or_o the_o church_n peace_n as_o well_o as_o against_o man_n so_o as_o i_o believe_v his_o own_o word_n i_o margin_n have_v accidental_o meet_v with_o they_o to_o be_v true_a itimate_v he_o never_o read_v the_o author_n themselves_o and_o i_o hope_v i_o have_v substantial_o retort_v they_o to_o his_o shame_n he_o add_v there_o that_o the_o truth_n he_o mean_v the_o antimagistratical_a anabaptisticall_a error_n he_o maintain_v against_o the_o magistrate_n coercive_a power_n have_v but_o a_o few_o follower_n which_o imply_v that_o what_o i_o assert_v have_v many_o and_o indeed_o it_o have_v so_o as_o many_o as_o will_v overswell_v this_o treatise_n i_o shall_v therefore_o give_v you_o only_o a_o touch_n of_o some_o not_o to_o mention_v all_o the_o 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deus_fw-la ut_fw-la praeceperit_fw-la etiam_fw-la eos_fw-la interfici_fw-la qui_fw-la sacrificare_fw-la &_o servire_fw-la idolis_fw-la suaserint_fw-la in_o deut._n 13._o &_o iterum_fw-la loquor_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o dicit_fw-la nec_fw-la civitati_fw-la parcendum_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la universa_fw-la consenserit_fw-la ad_fw-la idololatriam_fw-la cujus_fw-la praecepti_fw-la &_o rigoris_fw-la memor_fw-la 2._o mathathias_n enterfecit_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la aram_fw-la sacrificaturus_fw-la accesserat_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la ante_fw-la adventum_fw-la christi_fw-la circa_fw-la deum_fw-la colendum_fw-la &_o idola_fw-la spernenda_fw-la haec_fw-la praecepta_fw-la servata_fw-la sunt_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la post_fw-la adventum_fw-la christi_fw-la servanda_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la cum_fw-la ille_fw-la passus_fw-la sit_fw-la pro_fw-la alienis_fw-la peccatis_fw-la muliò_fw-la magis_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la suis_fw-la pati_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la debere_fw-la from_o which_o place_n jacobus_n pamelius_n in_o his_o annotation_n on_o this_o chapter_n annot._n 27._o and_o bellarmin_n de_fw-fr laicis_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 21._o infer_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o put_v not_o only_o idolater_n but_o heretic_n also_o to_o death_n under_o the_o gospel_n and_o good_a reason_n for_o it_o if_o we_o believe_v 112_o rhabanus_fw-la maurus_n for_o haeretici_fw-la quot_fw-la erroribus_fw-la tot_fw-la idolis_fw-la sunt_fw-la obnoxii_fw-la 66._o epiphanius_n agog_o cyrill_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o 32._o other_o record_n and_o approve_v the_o punishment_n of_o manes_n the_o heretic_n who_o have_v his_o skin_n flay_v off_o from_o his_o body_n and_o then_o be_v cast_v unto_o and_o devour_v of_o dog_n saint_n ●_o jerom_n record_v and_o approve_v the_o edict_n of_o the_o christian_a emperor_n quae_fw-la de_fw-fr alexandria_n &_o aegypto_n origenistas_n pelli_fw-la jubent_fw-la and_o against_o priscillian_n the_o heretic_n qui_fw-la &_o seculi_fw-la gladio_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la orbis_n 2._o auctoritate_fw-la damnatus_fw-la est_fw-la and_o in_o his_o commentary_n on_o galat._n 5._o i_o will_v they_o be_v cut_v off_o that_o trouble_n you_o he_o write_v thus_o certè_fw-la nullam_fw-la puto_fw-la inveteri_fw-la lege_fw-la iam_fw-la trucem_fw-la tam_fw-la cruentam_fw-la in_o aliquos_fw-la esse_fw-la sententiam_fw-la quam_fw-la utinam_fw-la abscindantur_fw-la qui_fw-la vos_fw-la perturbant_fw-la si_fw-mi putant_fw-la sibi_fw-la hoc_fw-la prodesse_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la circumcidentur_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la abscindantur_fw-la si_fw-la enim_fw-la expoliatio_fw-la membri_fw-la proficit_fw-la multò_fw-la magis_fw-la ablatio_fw-la with_o who_o primasius_n and_o claudius_n altisiodorensis_n concur_v in_o terminis_fw-la in_o cap._n 5._o epist_n ad_fw-la galat._n 60._o saint_n chrysostome_n though_o he_o seem_v unwilling_a to_o have_v all_o heretic_n slay_v and_o put_v to_o death_n si_fw-mi enim_fw-la morte_fw-la plectarentur_fw-la haeretici_fw-la atrox_n profectô_o &_o irreconciliabile_fw-la bellum_fw-la universo_fw-it terrarum_fw-la orbi_fw-la esset_fw-la inserendum_fw-la their_o multitude_n be_v then_o so_o great_a disperse_v over_o the_o whole_a world_n yet_o he_o add_v even_o from_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o tare_n itself_o non_fw-la autem_fw-la prohibet_fw-la dominus_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la impudentem_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la audaciam_fw-la suffrenemus_n simul_fw-la et_fw-la restringamus_fw-la verum_fw-la ne_fw-la vita_fw-la prorsus_fw-la exigamus_fw-la and_o in_o his_o 47._o homily_n on_o matthew_n he_o add_v non_fw-la prohibet_fw-la autem_fw-la conciliabula_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la dissipare_fw-la ora_fw-la obstuere_fw-la libertatem_fw-la loquendi_fw-la concidere_fw-la verum_fw-la interficere_fw-la &_o trucidare_fw-la with_o who_o euthymius_n accord_v both_o of_o they_o agree_v that_o where_o heretic_n who_o be_v tare_n can_v be_v pluck_v up_o without_o danger_n to_o the_o wheat_n and_o orthodox_n christian_n there_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n but_o when_o and_o where_o there_o be_v no_o such_o danger_n they_o may_v be_v execute_v even_o be_v death_n 3._o this_o be_v saint_n augustine_n opinion_n at_o first_o that_o heretic_n be_v not_o to_o be_v punish_v by_o the_o secular_a magistrate_n nor_o put_v to_o death_n which_o upon_o consideration_n he_o afterward_o retract_v assert_v at_o last_o both_o the_o utility_n and_o necessity_n of_o the_o magistrate_n coercive_a power_n and_o justify_v the_o emperor_n law_n and_o proceed_n against_o they_o even_o unto_o death_n itself_o though_o to_o avoid_v the_o censure_n of_o cruelty_n he_o sometime_o intercede_v for_o the_o spare_n of_o the_o live_v even_o of_o those_o heretical_a donatist_n who_o have_v murder_v some_o orthodox_n minister_n and_o christian_n out_o of_o a_o misguide_a zeal_n and_o offer_v violence_n to_o their_o person_n house_n good_n and_o most_o just_o deserve_v to_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n as_o he_o acknowledge_v this_o opinion_n of_o he_o even_o for_o the_o capital_a punish_v of_o heretic_n you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o his_o lib._n 1._o contr_n epist_n parmeniani_n cap._n 7._o &_o tract_n 11._o in_o joan._n where_o he_o thus_o write_v mirantur_fw-la quia_fw-la commoventur_fw-la potestates_fw-la christiane_n adversus_fw-la detestandos_fw-mi dissipatores_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la moverentur_fw-la &_o quomodo_fw-la redderent_fw-la rationem_fw-la de_fw-la imperio_fw-la svo_fw-la etc._n etc._n videtis_fw-la qualia_fw-la faciunt_fw-la &_o qualia_fw-la patiuntur_fw-la occidunt_fw-la animas_fw-la affliguntur_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la sempeter_n las_fw-fr mortes_fw-la faciunt_fw-la et_fw-la temporales_fw-la see_fw-la perpeti_fw-la qveruntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n cyrill_n archbishop_n of_o alexandria_n in_o his_o 24._o 20._o epistle_n determine_v thus_o concern_v the_o heresy_n and_o blasphemy_n of_o the_o heretic_n nestorius_n to_o who_o he_o hold_v it_o very_o dangerous_a to_o indulge_v a_o pardon_n si_fw-mi enim_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la unam_fw-la contra_fw-la religiosissimos_fw-la &_o christi_fw-la aman●i●simos_fw-la reges_fw-la nostros_fw-la blasphemam_fw-la ausus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la emittere_fw-la vocem_fw-la meritò_fw-la quam_fw-la leges_fw-la praescribunt_fw-la patitur_fw-la indignationem_fw-la non_fw-fr magis_fw-la impius_n ille_fw-la eam_fw-la patietur_fw-la qui_fw-la sacrum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la mysterium_fw-la universum_fw-la subvertit_fw-la &_o dispensationem_fw-la è_fw-la medio_fw-la tollit_fw-la quam_fw-la sanctus_fw-la &_o benignus_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la unigenitus_fw-la filius_fw-la homo_fw-la fieri_fw-la dignatus_fw-la nostri_fw-la gratia_fw-la adimplevit_fw-la ut_fw-la nos_fw-la omnes_fw-la servaret_fw-la &_o

to_o punish_v and_o put_v to_o death_n obstinate_a heretic_n affirm_v that_o this_o be_v the_o unanimous_a opinion_n of_o all_o catholic_n and_o he_o there_o solid_o answer_v the_o several_a objection_n make_v by_o anabaptist_n and_o other_o to_o the_o contrary_a quote_v master_n calvin_n aretius_n and_o beza_n as_o concur_v in_o opinion_n with_o he_o herein_o but_o pass_v by_o all_o these_o with_o other_o romani●●s_n who_o long_a continue_v daily_o martyr_n practice_v in_o put_v such_o to_o death_n and_o burn_v they_o to_o ash_n who_o they_o condemn_v for_o heretic_n be_v a_o unanswer_n b●_n evidenc●_n of_o their_o opinion_n herein_o i_o shall_v proceed_v to_o the_o resolution_n and_o judgement_n of_o such_o protestant_a church_n in_o their_o public_a confession_n and_o learned_a protestant_a writer_n of_o chief_a note_n from_o the_o very_a glimmering_n of_o reformation_n until_o this_o present_a which_o will_v be_v more_o p●n●●rous_a and_o prevail_a with_o our_o opposite_n and_o sectary_n who_o common_o slight_a antiquity_n and_o now_o all_o other_o author_n as_o of_o small_a or_o no_o account_n then_o any_o other_o authority_n and_o i_o presumewill_n give_v good_a satisfaction_n to_o all_o ingenuous_a reader_n but_o i_o be_o certain_a will_v overballance_v master_n d●s_v pretend_v authority_n to_o the_o contrary_a and_o put_v he_o to_o perpetual_a silence_n i_o shall_v begin_v with_o the_o confession_n of_o whole_a reform_a protestant_a church_n and_o then_o pass_v unto_o their_o writer_n the_o 460._o reform_a church_n of_o h●lvetia_n in_o their_o former_a confession_n resolve_v thus_o see_v every_o magistrate_n be_v of_o god_n his_o chief_a du●y_n consist_v in_o this_o to_o d●s●nd_v religion_n from_o all_o blasphemy_n and_o to_o promote_v and_o put_v it_o in_o practice_n as_o much_o as_o in_o he_o lie_v and_o to_o judge_v the_o people_n according_a to_o just_a and_o divine_a law_n and_o to_o punish_v the_o offender_n according_a to_o the_o quantity_n of_o the_o fault_n in_o their_o riches_n body_n or_o life_n which_o thing_n when_o he_o do_v he_o perform_v a_o due_a worship_n or_o service_n to_o god_n and_o in_o their_o late_a confession_n chap._n 30._o of_o magistracy_n the_o magistrate_n chief_a duty_n be_v to_o procure_v and_o maintain_v peace_n and_o public_a tranquillity_n which_o doubtless_o he_o shall_v never_o do_v more_o happy_o then_o when_o he_o shall_v after_o the_o example_n of_o most_o holy_a king_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o people_n of_o the_o lord_n advance_v the_o preach_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o of_o the_o pure_a and_o sincere_a faith_n and_o shall_v root_n out_o lie_v and_o all_o superstition_n with_o all_o impiety_n and_o idolatry_n and_o shall_v defend_v the_o church_n of_o god_n for_o note_n indeed_o we_o teach_v that_o the_o care_n of_o religion_n do_v chief_o appertain_v to_o the_o holy_a magistrate_n let_v he_o therefore_o hold_v the_o word_n of_o god_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o look_v that_o nothing_o be_v teach_v contrary_a thereunto_o let_v he_o draw_v forth_o the_o sword_n of_o god_n against_o all_o malefactor_n seditious_a person_n thief_n murderer_n oppressor_n blasphemer_n perjure_a person_n and_o all_o those_o who_o god_n have_v command_v he_o to_o punish_v or_o execute_v let_v he_o suppress_v stubborn_a heretic_n which_o be_v heretic_n indeed_o who_o cease_v not_o to_o blaspheme_n the_o majesty_n of_o god_n and_o to_o trouble_v the_o church_n yea_o and_o final_o to_o destroy_v it_o we_o condemn_v the_o anabaptist_n who_o deny_v that_o any_o man_n can_v just_o be_v put_v to_o death_n by_o the_o magistrate_n etc._n etc._n the_o 466._o confession_n of_o the_o reform_a french_a church_n resolve_n that_o god_n have_v therefore_o deliver_v the_o sword_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o magistrate_n that_o offence_n may_v be_v punish_v not_o only_o those_o which_o be_v commit_v against_o the_o second_o table_n but_o also_o against_o the_o first_o etc._n etc._n the_o 467._o confession_n of_o belgia_n determine_v that_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o king_n prince_n and_o magistrate_n to_o endeavour_v that_o the_o ministry_n may_v be_v preserve_v that_o all_o idolatry_n and_o counterfeit_a worship_n of_o god_n may_v be_v clean_o abolish_v that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o antichrist_n may_v be_v overthrow_v and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n enlarge_v etc._n etc._n wherefore_o we_o condemn_v the_o anabaptisis_n and_o all_o those_o troublesome_a spirit_n which_o reject_v the_o high_a power_n and_o magistrate_n overthrow_v all_o law_n and_o judgement_n etc._n etc._n which_o god_n have_v appoint_v among_o man_n for_o honesty_n sake_n the_o 19_o confession_n of_o auspurge_n basill_n bohemia_n scotland_n determine_v the_o like_a as_o you_o may_v there_o read_v at_o large_a i_o shall_v add_v some_o few_o foreign_a protestant_a author_n of_o chief_a note_n to_o these_o confession_n 21._o marsilius_n patavinus_n a_o great_a opposer_n of_o the_o pope_n usurpation_n assert_n that_o 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17._o rom._n 16._o 17_o 18_o 1_o tim._n 4._o 1_o 2_o ●_o 2_o tim._n 3._o 1_o to_o 7._o tit._n 3._o 10_o 11._o therefore_o it_o can_v no_o more_o exempt_v they_o from_o temporal_a punishment_n by_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n then_o ecclesiastical_a by_o church-officer_n and_o the_o apostle_n paul_n himself_o final_o the_o contingent_a good_a which_o heretic_n and_o schismatic_n sometime_o do_v to_o those_o that_o be_v approve_v do_v no_o way_n plead_v for_o their_o toleration_n or_o impunity_n because_o it_o be_v contingent_a all_o heresy_n and_o schism_n haereses_fw-la be_v in_o their_o own_o nature_n evil_a dangerous_a destructive_a pernicious_a if_o god_n overrule_a providence_n turn_v they_o to_o good_a to_o some_o yet_o they_o be_v dangerous_a and_o pernicious_a to_o most_o and_o therefore_o deserve_v both_o suppression_n and_o punishment_n by_o god_n own_o express_a precept_n judas_n 3_o 4_o etc._n etc._n rev._n 2._o 13_o 4_o 115_o 20_o 21._o 2_o john_n 9_o ●0_n 11._o rom._n 16._o 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